TOPIC: Air Pollution, Climate, Health & Advocacy
We breathe about 15,000 times each day. If something is in the air, it’s going to be in our bodies.
Air pollution is as bad for our bodies as smoking cigarettes. Air pollution from fossil fuels causes 13% of all deaths in the U.S. It has been linked to both the development and worsening of many health problems.
In this free webinar you will learn why air pollution and climate change are major public health problems. You will also learn about the solutions available now and ways you can talk to your decision makers about them.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER: Dr. Anne Mellinger-Birdsong, MD, MPH is Medical Education Advisor for Mothers & Others For Clean AirDr. She graduated from the Eastern Virginia Medical School, completed a pediatrics residency at Hershey Medical Center of the Pennsylvania State University, and completed a masters of public health in epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University. She has worked as a medical epidemiologist at the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Georgia Division/Department of Public Health, the American Lung Association of Georgia, and Mothers & Others For Clean Air. She has worked in areas as diverse as communicable diseases, vaccine preventable diseases, radiation environmental health, environmental public health, asthma, a county STD clinic, a county tuberculosis clinic, and a Native American Indian Health Service clinic. She is Vice Chair of the Georgia Chapter of American Academy of Pediatrics (GA-AAP) committee on environmental health and a member of the GA-AAP legislative committee.
This event is for free to all. A donation of any amount is greatly appreciated, but NOT required. Thank you for your support.
